“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”

―Philip Freneau

Friday, October 30, 2015

This is Allhallowtide!

Allhallowtide, Hallowtide, Allsaintstide, or the Hallowmas season, is the triduum encompassing the Western Christian observances of All Hallows' Eve (Hallowe'en), All Saints' Day (All Hallows') and All Souls' Day, which last from October 31 to November 2 annually. Allhallowtide is a "time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints, and all faithful departed Christians.

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Trick or treating, barren branches clawOn rooftops ‘gainst the biting Autumn air.Jack O’Lantern flickers. Would he gnawAn arm away, or set aflame the hair ––Conspicuously real above the masks ––Kindling Kindergartners at the door?Only Satan’s own perform such tasks,Leering, lisping, limping as to war.Awake! All Hallows Eve lets loose the ghosts.No one escapes the Grave for long. Be wise.The Jack O’Lanterns flicker on the posts ––Each one a sentry for the Lord of Flies.Run home to mother lest the Evil OneNabs you, while you think you’re having fun.

Who knows tragic, heartbreaking events it may bring, as the rough beast, Hillrod, continues, unabated, to slouch her way toward Casablanca where the welcoming arms of traitorinos Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan eagerly await her ascent to the Throne?

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On Redemption

To redeem the past and to transform every ‘It was’ into an ‘I willed it thus!’ – that alone I call redemption!

Nietzsche, "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"

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Andrei Tarkovsky

“We can express our feelings regarding the world around us either by poetic or by descriptive means... I prefer to express myself metaphorically. Let me stress: metaphorically, not symbolically. A symbol contains within itself a definite meaning, certain intellectual formula, while metaphor is an image. An image possessing the same distinguishing features as the world it represents. An image — as opposed to a symbol — is indefinite in meaning. One cannot speak of the infinite world by applying tools that are definite and finite. We can analyse the formula that constitutes a symbol, while metaphor is a being-within-itself, it’s a monomial. It falls apart at any attempt of touching it."